Magdalenenstrasse 5 (Darmstadt)

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Magdalenenstrasse 5
Magdalenenstrasse 5 (2016)

Magdalenenstrasse 5 (2016)

Data
place Darmstadt
Architectural style Renaissance
Construction year around 1600
Coordinates 49 ° 52 '33.5 "  N , 8 ° 39' 34.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '33.5 "  N , 8 ° 39' 34.7"  E

The house at Magdalenenstrasse 5 (formerly: Ballonplatz 11 ) is a building in Darmstadt .

History and description

The house at Magdalenenstrasse 5 was built around 1600 . Stylistically, the building belongs to the Renaissance . The house comes from the first construction phase on Ballonplatz and was partially destroyed in the Second World War. After the war the building was rebuilt. The originally three-axis house was widened by a window axis during the reconstruction in 1951 ; as a result, the gate entrance was narrowed. Behind the Renaissance - gable is a broadly supported, traufständiges mansard roof . On the ground floor , the window formats were changed to shop window format. The facade is plastered .

The house Magdalenenstrasse 5 today

A copy and bookbinding shop is located on the ground floor. There are apartments on the upper floors.

Monument protection

Magdalenenstrasse 5 is a typical example of the renaissance style in Darmstadt. For architectural and city history reasons, the building is considered a cultural monument .

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